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Jeffersonville unveils more of its public art plan

On Tuesday, Jeffersonville officials, including Mayor Mike Moore and city councilman Nathan Samuel presented views of a new public art work that has been commissioned by the icty's new program called City

Jeffersonville unveils more of its public art plan

Artist Michael Wimmer with a version of the sculpture that Jeffersonville has chosen to install as its first large scale public art commission in its City Canvas public art program.(Photo: Aron Conaway, City Canvas.)

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On Tuesday, Jeffersonville officials, including Mayor Mike Moore and city councilman Nathan Samuel presented views of a new large-scale sculpture by artist R. Michael Wimmer that has been commissioned by the city's new public art initiative called City Canvas and will be installed by the year's end.

The seven-piece steel sculpture to sit on city-owned property at 10th and Mechanic streets is just the latest project for City Canvas and follows a public gathering earlier this month in which the initiative sought input from citizens about what they would like to see and vote on three proposals, including Wimmer's, for this $32,000 commission.

The push for public art in Jeffersonville comes after New Albany launched a four-year public art series that commissioned nearly a dozen new works of art to celebrate the city's that bicentennial and its history. That has led to another public art series that intends to look at that city's future. Also, in 2010 Louisville formed its Commission on Public Art to work on plans for such works across the river.

Reporter Elizabeth Kramer can be reached at (502) 582-4682. Follow her on Twitter at @arts_bureau.